{"product_id":"race-matters-cornel-west-9780807026304","title":"Race Matters","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe fundamental litmus test for American democracy-its economy, government, criminal justice system, education, mass media, and culture-remains: how broad and intense are the arbitrary powers used and deployed against black people. In this sense, the problem of the twenty-first century remains the problem of the color line. \u003c\/i\u003e --from the new Preface \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1993 on the one-year anniversary of the L.A. riots, \u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e was a national best-seller, and it has since become a groundbreaking classic on race in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e contains West's most powerful essays on the issues relevant to black Americans today: despair, black conservatism, black-Jewish relations, myths about black sexuality, the crisis in leadership in the black community, and the legacy of Malcolm X. And the insights that he brings to these complicated problems remain fresh, exciting, creative, and compassionate. Now more than ever, \u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for all Americans, as it helps us to build a genuine multiracial democracy in the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornel West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807026301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807026304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Cornel West","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623543156991,"sku":"9780807026304","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-matters-cornel-west-9780807026304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}